Toy gun.



No.840,888. PATENTBD'JAN;8,1-907. I. c. WOODWARD.

TOY GUN.

APPLIOATIOH rum) rm. 24, 1906.

IRVING C. WOODWARD,

or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TOY GUN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented at. 8, 1907.

Application filed February 24, 1906. Serial No. 302,794

vide a simple, inexpensive, and improved structure for spring-guns. This object is accomplished by the device shown in the accompanying drawings, in which L F Igure 1 is a side elevation of a spring-gun constructed according to this invention, the various parts being in the position which they would occupy before the gun is loaded.

- Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the parts in position for discharging a projectile. Fig. 3

' is a top plan of the same; Fig. 4 is a detail showing the shape of the, blank from which the trigger portion of the gun is formed. In the construction shown, the barrel and handle or stock of the gun are integral and forms the formed of a single piece of wire rod. This rod is strai ht throughout the portion which arrel 1 and is bent to form a closed loo or'handle 2 at the rear end of the barrel. he end 3 of the rod is at the formed part of the loop and is disposed substantially at right angles to the barrel. I

, The tri ger member consists of a flat strip 4 of meta having perforations 5, 6, 7 and 8 of difierent sizes, as shown in Fig. 4. The end 9 of the strip 4isbent u ward at the middle of the perforationfolf' T encircles the straight portion of the barrel 1, and the bent portion atthe sides of the aperture 6 straddles the rear part of the loop 2.

The forward plart 3 of the loop passes upwardly throng the perforation 7. The perforation 5 slightly elongated, so as to permit the piece 4 to swing between the positions shown-in 1 and 2. The portions of the loop1 2 and 3 which respectively pass through t e slot 6 and the perforation ,7, guide the movement of the trigger member and prevent it from shifting sidewise. The strip 4 is doubled upon itself to form the trigger at 10 and is also bent upward at 11, so that the portions thereof which lie at the sides of the slot 8 will form an upwardly-extending forked detent which straddles the barrel 1. The edge 17 of that portion of the stri '4 which lies between the apertures 5 an 6 bears against the part 2 of the handle and forms the fulrcum about which the trigagainst which the spring 12 bears.

he perforation 5 ger member rotates. The part 9 extends upward and forward and forms the shoulder The ap ertures 5 and 7 are long enough to permit the triggler member to swing on its fulcrum 17.

T e helical spring 12 encircles the barrel 1, and its rearward end 13 is fastened at the per foration 5 to the end 9 of the strip 4. The projectile which this gun is adapted to discharge is a tubular ball 15, which may he slid over the barrel 1 against the action of the spring 12, being then held in position by the shoulders 16 on the trigger member. The part 14 of the trigger member extends downward at an angle and serves to push the trigger out of the way when the ball is being pushed along the barrel in loading the gun- The operation of the device shown is as follows: The ball 15 is passed over the end of the barrel and slid along until the spring has been compressed The inclined part 1.4

causes the trigger member to shift out of. the way to permit the ball to pass behind the shoulders 15. Thepressure of the spring 12 upon the part 9 then causes the trigger mem ber to swing on its fulcrum and bring the shoulders 15 into position for hol the ball in the loaded position with the spring compressed. When the trigger 10 is now pulled toward the handle, the trigger member will swing downward, releasing the ball from the shoulders 15 and permitting the same to be projected forward by the spring 12.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A toy gun comprising a rod having a straight portion forming the'barrel of the and being bent to form a handle at one end ofthe barrel, a helical spring encircling said barrel, and a trigger member fulcrumed on said rod and having a forked part adapted to straddle the barrel in front of the spring to secure the same after it has been compressed. 2. A toy gun comprising a rod having a straight portion forming the barrel of the bent to a loop to form a handle at one end thereof, said loop having a ortion at the forl ward side thereof dispose substantially at sition.

' 4. A to gun com rising a rod having a straight pdi'tion formiiig the barrel and bein bent to a loop to form a handle at one en thereof, a helical s ring encircling the. barrel, and a trigger member formed of a single strip of flat metal perforated for receiving the rod at opposite sides of said loop for securing said member to the barrel-and permitting a limited transverse movement thereon, said strip being bent upward at its forward end to. form a detent adapted to hold said spring in a retracted position.

5. A toy gun comprising a rod having a straight portion forming the barrel and bein bent to a loop to form a handle at one en thereof, a helical spring encircling the barrel and a trigger member formed of a flat strip of metal perforated for receiving the rod at opposite sides of said loop for securing said member to the barrel and permitting a limited transverse movement thereon, sa1d I strip being slotted near its forward end and being bent upward at the slot to form a forked portion adapted to straddle the barrel I i and secure the spring in a retracted position.

5 said trigger to the barrel and permitting 'a' 6. A toy gun comprising a rod having a straight portion forming the barrel and bein .bent to a loop to form a handle at one en thereof, a helical spring encircling the barrel,'

and a trigger member formed of a single flat strip of metal perforated for receiving the rod at opposite s1des of said loop for securing limited transverse movement thereof, said strip being bent upon itself to form a down wardly-extending trigger in front of the loop;

.and being slotted at its forward end, the

5o slotted portion of-said strip beingbent up-.

perforated for receiving the ro k being inclined orward' out of the way when a perforated projectile is pushed along the barrel for compressingthe spring. a

7. A toy gun comprising a barrel having a handle at one end, a-helical sprin encircling said barrel, and a trigger mem er having thereon a shoulder adapted to hold said spring in a retracted position, said tri ger member having a parten aged by sai adapted through tire pressure thereof to urge said shoulder into position for securing the spring. r

8. A toy gun comprising a barrel having a handle at one end, a helical spring arranged for discharging a projectile along said barrel, and a trigger member having thereon a shoulder adapted to hold said spring in its retracted position, said trigger member-having a part engaged by saidispring and-adapted through the pressure thereof, to urge said shoulder into position for securing the spring.

9. A toy gun .comprising-a rod having a straight portion to form the barrel and being bent to a loop at one end to form a handle, a

helical spring encircling said barrel, and a trigger member formed of asin le strip being fiat the front of said loop, being slotted and bent upon itself to form a fulcrum and fork engagin the rear part of said loop, the rearward BIM of said strip extending forward and upward from the fulcrum and having a perforation for receivin the barrel, the front end of said stri being bent up toform a shoulder for hol ing said spring in a retracted position, and said spring being adapted when compressed to bear upon the-rear end of said trigger member and urge the front end thereof 1nto position for engaging the sprin Signed at Chicago this 22d day 'of February, 1906.. i

- I IRVING WOQDWARD; v Witnesses:

- WM. R. RUMML R,

L. A. SMrrn.

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